Developers Appeal Commission Veto

June 16, 1998

VERNON — The developers of a proposed travel center off I-84 have appealed a decision by the town's inland wetlands commission.

Represented by Manchester attorney Len Jacobs, applicants Dick Hayes and Ron Conyers have requested an appeal of the commission's rejection of the travel center, which would have been located just north of Exit 67. The center would have had a total of 138 parking spaces and 15 fuel pumps.

The commission rejected the proposal in May, saying that the benefit to the public would not justify the degradation of the wetlands. In their appeal, Hayes and Conyers state, among other things, that the commission exceeded its authority.